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April 2024 by Tanya Mount
Th entire site is fascinating, but may not be a good fit for all visitors. Small but very informative museum. We showed up first thing on a Tuesday morning, and upon checking in and paying, we were told that our RV wouldn’t be able to negotiate the roads within the site. Also, no guided tours on Mondays or Tuesdays, so it was walk the informational trail (1.5 hours, not sure of the actual distance, but NOT short) or nothing. The ranger we spoke to on the way in happened to be giving a tram tour for other visiting LA park rangers and invited us to join them! Luckily it was a cloudy and breezy day because there’s not much shade to be found. Bring sunscreen and water.
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March 2024 by Valerie Lambert
This place is amazing and mysterious! A definite must see whether you are native to Louisiana or just passing through!
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March 2024 by Crystal DeMoura
This place is amazing. It's hard to describe the feeling you get when you come here and how important it is to world history. The driving tour is a must do. I really don't understand why our ancestors would have farmed OVER the landmark ridges and mounds!!! How disrespectful. I'm happy that it is now classified as a UNESCO site; on the same level as the pyramids and Stonehenge as it should be.
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February 2024 by Jennifer Torry
Who knew there was a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Louisiana? Not me! The site itself is shrouded in mystery. Stroll through woods, pastures and even atop yet to be excavated by archeologists, mounds. The site is sublime. The visitor center ranger is friendly and knowledgeable, the informational video fascinating and just being there is intriguing. There is even a driving tour if ambling through the countryside doesn’t suit you. This place is a marvel.
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February 2024 by PIRO VIRUS
I brought my 12 year old son to see the mounds as part of his personal studies and because it's part of his native heritage. We loved it. It was beautiful. A wonderful walk, and there was even a tour we could have joined but we traveled 3 hours to be there and only had enough time to do one thing. Next time we go to visit we will make sure we have more time. The management and grounds keepers were very kind and knowledgeable.
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February 2024 by Susan Finkelman
Amazing archaeological site, competent and knowledgeable staff, absolutely worth the trip!
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January 2024 by Tom Rueb
The guides did a wonderful job explaining the mounds, age, how long it took to build. Using tools like ground penatrating radar and see the mound's layers, finding where large wooden polls once stood. Great displays of found artifacts from the area and books of exploration and diagrams. Electric riding wagon with rows of seats for guests to ride throug the mounds with the guides.
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October 2023 by Karen Spahn Jorgenson
An amazing archeological site. It’s earliest inhabitants ate mastodon and ground sloths.When visiting, go straight to the visitors center. They offers guides for both a walking tour and a driving tour. They also offer a guided train ride. I strongly recommend taking the guided tour before doing your own driving and/or walking tour.The visitors center also has short movies about the site. These informative shorts were a great visual to help imagine the people and activities of the site. Touring with knowledge gives depth and meaning to the history of the site.Again, the history of the site is amazing. This site is one of the oldest in the worlds, older then Stonehenge and the pyramids. The site is food for fodder for anyone interested in the the early American natives. What happened to their dead? There were no burial sites. Is it the first city in North America? Who were the people who lived there? No bones for DNA testing. These hunter gathers were not nomadic. It’s estimated that 700 people lived on the site. Yet, it was not an agricultural site.The walk up one of the tallest mounds in Northern American is doable for people who can walk up stairs, but find stair challenges. There were two bench stops and rails when needed.Give your self several hours for the tour and bring a hat, sunscreen, bug repellent and water.Admission is free to anyone over 62 and only $4.00 for everyone else.
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October 2023 by Andrea F
Well worth the trip! Very affordable admission gets you in the museum and a guided tour of the mounds. The folks working here are very passionate about maintaining the integrity of the area, and with good reason. This was created long before the white man ever thought about "discovering" the area, and so much could have been lost before the area was deemed a national monument and put on the map for all to come and look at.
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October 2023 by Tarri Dillinger
This place is amazing! There is a museum with historic displays of items found at the site, a short film in a nicely air conditioned room and a nice picnic area. You can take a self guided hike, a guided tour on a trolley, or both! They also do various demonstrations from flint napping, tool making, pottery and atlatl throwing. Great place to picnic and spend the day!
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October 2023 by Andi F.
Review 1500I have had my eye on coming here for quite some time now. This is well worth the trip. You start in the Visitors Center and you can either walk the mounds, drive yourself around, or take the ranger guided tour in their super golf cart. I would suggest going on the ranger guided tour. Everything was just wonderful. Come!Poverty Point World Heritage Site is a story 3,400 years in the making. A trading hub, an engineering marvel, a monument to ingenuity--there are many ways to describe Poverty Point. In 2014, a new label was added: UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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August 2023 by Allen Parsons
A little over a dozen miles off I-20 via small Louisiana state highways, definitely worth the drive. Fascinating remnants of a mysterious culture far back in time. Recommend putting yourself in the hands of the knowledgeable tour guide.
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July 2023 by Terry F.
Had a great visit very interesting site and great visitors center. I was there in June enjoying the drive and the short walk to the top of the mound. The staff was wonderful and informative.
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April 2023 by David Goodin
Yes, this is one of the most amazing places that many of you have never even heard of. I've lived in the South my entire life and never been there. Too bad for me! Very friendly people and beautiful grounds. Amazing history that we don't even know we have.
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April 2023 by Keri Champion
The site was lovely. We had to ask for a brochure. The person at the counter was not very attentive
